The
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the
League of Canadian Poets[?]. It goes to the best volume of poetry published by a first time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter
Gerald Lampert[?]. Each winner receives an honourarium of $1000.
Winners:
- 1981 Elizabeth Allan[?], The Shored Up House
- 1982 Abraham Boyarsky[?], Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
- 1983 Diana Hartog[?], Manitee Light
- 1984 Sandra Birdsell, Night Travellers and Jean McKay, Gone to Grass
- 1985 Paulette Jiles[?], Celestial Navigation
- 1986 Joan Fern Shaw[?], Raspberry Vinegar
- 1987 Rosemary Sullivan[?], The Space a Name Makes
- 1988 Di Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother
- 1989 Sarah Klassen[?], Journey to Yalta
- 1990 Steven Heighton[?], Stalin’s Carnival
- 1991 Diana Brebner[?], Radiant Life Forms
- 1992 Joanne Arnott[?], Wiles of Girlhood
- 1993 Elisabeth Harvor[?], Fortress of Chairs and Roberta Rees, Eyes Like Pigeons
- 1994 Barbara Klar[?], The Night You Called Me a Shadow and Illya Tourtidis, Mad Magellan’s Tale
- 1995 Keith Maillard[?], Dementia Americana
- 1996 Maureen Hynes[?], Rough Skin
- 1997 Marilyn Dumont[?], A Really Good Brown Girl
- 1998 Mark Sinnett[?], The Landing
- 1999 Stephanie Bolster[?], White Stone: The Alice Poems
- 2000 Shawna Lemay[?], All the God-Sized Fruit
- 2001 Anne Simpson[?], Light Falls Through You
See also: Pat Lowther Award
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